New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-10

tweed coat was smudged with blood and he held IN
his hand stout stick which he shook nervousy
while he spoke. The corpse Of one Of the mur
dered mon had been dragged off the roadway
and lay right across the threshold of the barracks
door in pool of clotted blood. police officer
coming out stepped over 1t.
1t would be idle to recount our interview it was
mixture of alternate fear, vacilation and
| bravado on the part of the police officer and the
| magistrate in command and after few minutes
| it ended in the latter gentleman saying
| curtly that he had sent for tho military. The
redcoas and bayonets of these military by the way
were soon afterward seen coming across the square
at the lower end of whchIthey drew up in single le
In an hour or by the greaexertion tAe part of
al OF us, we got the town fairly clear Of people, AS
returned to the square found a tall young fellow
dipping his handkerchief in the blood of the man
who first shot He put the handkerchief in his
breast and said to me:
II am going to keep this forever, as a pledge Of
| mortal hate against English rule"
| This briefly as the story of the day. l will not
| trouble you with details surrounding the episode.
such that the Riot act was never read that the
meeting was not proclamed; that the police acted
without waiting for the commands of their officers
| all this will come out with greater clear ess
| later. add now statement which have just
| had from Mr.. Dillon of his own experiences.
JOHN DILLOS's ExcIIING EXPERIENCES.
"When the police" SAID Mr.. Dillon,
"retired from the street in disorder
| i. feeling certain that running away under
such circumstances they would return with their
firearms and use them the people, left the
wsgODette Immediately and taking two priests
with me went across the square and proceeded to
| the police barracks. When l got to tic barracks
| there not ten people assembled within fifty
| IF L fyyo ther of
corner of tho square and asked them to prevent
any people from approaching the barracks. Reach
| ing the station ! knocked at the door aud
| in few minutes or the two
| priests and myself admitted. When got
III found poice inspector In the barracks before
me In state of the most frlghtful excitement l
asked him, and the priests asked him, If lie would
direct that the police should be kept in the bar
racks aud that we would undertake to clear the
| town and preserve the peace. He was violently
excited and said No. will form the men i'm
mediately III the street. l said For Gods sake
don't do that, there will surely be- loss of life
| Won't you be content if undertake TO
| clear the town. He then turDed away from
| me and got two policemen and showed the two
priests out of tine ba' racks into the street man.
| aged to keep in the barracks and just AT that mo-
Ient l heard shot. apparently right in
| front of the barracks and an moment
atteIward the S pojce nc, ;r d5aGsea d two Ntoa men
| number of the police then gathered around these
| two men, who were thrown down on the floor, and
%er nSG"' them ssn' %s sad: p'TfeTa'aG Gods saR
are we in Christian country at allr As |
said this l saw one man draw his sword aud
| lunge at of the men on the h0or with all his
might. An officer CAUGHT him at once by the arm
and sad: stop that They have had enough now
| or words TO that effect i also caught hold
| of some of the men and demonstrated with them,
and If it not Tor the interference OF the Off
GERS some OF them, think. seemed Inclined to
| I'M haiti iina n 81 u ID
| men who were dragged, was the only person not
| o policemen on the premises.
l went again to the officer VINO seemed IN charge
| and / said to him: For Gods sake stop that
rna ooiias S Pa Ft 10 ass asy pEs sns maas
ssss, 9s'Hs that '1Sns s%e "sls
| town. and with whom person was inter,
fering. They, are killing mg men in the street.
o for ali i't tbis Some Of the police then caught me
and attempted to shove me in the street, but re-
sisted and succeeded n keeping my place aho1 lnsde
the window upstairs, from which the
firing was going on. offered to DO so immediately;
| was hustled back by large body OF police who
came rushing downstairs. apparently Will wiih
| and firing on the people from that
| position. ! caught the inspector and SAID 10 AiIn
For Gods sake, don't allow these men into tne
street But he seemed to be perfectly beside him.
| self and would listen to nothing. Isuggested then
| that l snould be allowed TO get the
| pevple away and one of the officers seemed
| 10 suggest that this shoud be DONE They accord
| ipply unlocked the door and allowed me out when
| did get ont found the street entirely deserted IN
| the nei gh borhood of the barracks and went into
| tho >otiare and other parts OF the town and win
| the assistance of my colleagues and somc OF the
priests endeavoTed to get the people Of the streets
| We we're successful IN dong so. Then saw one
poor man lying In the middle OF the square. about
hundred yards or so from the station. having been
| inside the barracks till that time
q While the firing was going on can state ilom
| my own know ledge that no attack was made on tue
| barracks Ii Is possible that few stones NAV nave
| struck tho upper windows, but did net hear H.
md II It occurred it must have been very trifling
| No atones struck tine doors in the lower windows
nor was any at Jack OF any sort made nIon the dooI
| or lower windows. and when went ont ana NOT
| find apy sign of onetbrowng. From what oc-
| cnrreI in the barracks / have not the slightest
donbt that IL hal not been in the barracks tue m
spector / was speaking to would nave formed ms
| men outside and fired mp aud down the streets
MANY of the police IN the barracks appeared TO De
| In state of excitement, the like of which never
| saw before" tit, .o..;,o a.,
ii0N' "'' T. r. Gill, NJ. Z.
| MIR. OBRIEN WAS NOT ON HAND.
|